father: Dr. (Medical) Simão da Cunha Pereira (son)

mother: Júlia Cândida Ferreira Carneiro

b.: Serro, MG, Brazil, 4th/Jul/1860.

bap.: Mother Church [Igreja Matriz], Serro, MG, Brazil, 16th/Jul/1861, being sponsors Coronel (GN) José Ribeiro de Faria and Maria Flora de Campos Carvalho.

d.: Diamantina, MG, Brazil, 15th/Mar/1908, at 18:00 hours.

bur.: Diamantina, MG, Brazil, em 16th/Mar/1908, at the Our Lady of the Mount Carmel Church [Igreja de N. Sra. do Monte do Carmo], charnel-house # 12, at 17:00 hours, accompanied by familiars, friends, clergy, diocesan school, authorities and people, and the funeral cerimony was solemn, officiated by the Diocesan Bishop, Dom Joaquim Silvério de Souza, with the celebration of a mass.

m.1w.: Mother Church [Igreja Matriz], Serro, MG, Brazil, 12th/Apr/1890, being testimonies of the civil wedding the bride´s uncle Sebastião José Ferreira Rabello, and the groom´s brother Simão da Cunha Pereira (grandson, the "Simãozinho").

m.2w.: Peçanha, MG, Brazil, 17th/Dec/1896 (there were not found records, nor ecclesiastic, and neither civilian, being the date of the wedding license bill, given by the President of the Court of the State of Minas Gerais [Presidente da Relação do Estado de Minas Gerais]).

m.1w.w.: Maria Luiza Ferreira Rabello (b. Serro, MG, Brazil, ±1877; d. Serro, MG, Brazil, 1th/Jul/1892), daughter of José Joaquim Ferreira Rabello, and of Maria Thereza Ferreira Rabello (Mariquinha, or Quinha), Barons of Serro.

m.2w.w.: Leopoldina Electo de Souza (Lifa) (b. Peçanha, MG, Brazil, ±1867; d. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, 4th/Dec/1964), daughter of the Liutenant (GN) Jeronymo Electo de Souza (senior), and of Francisca Rosa Souto.

education/formation: He studied the "First Letters" ["Primeiras Letras"], and the "Humanities" ["Humanidades"], at Serro, MG, Brazil (1870-1875); secondary school at the Caraça School [Colégio do Caraça] (1875-1877); "Preparatories" ["Preparatórios"] at Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil (1877-1879); Bachelor in Social and Juridical Sciences [Bacharel em Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais], by the Faculty of Law of Saint Paul [Faculdade de Direito de São Paulo], SP, Brazil (1880-1884), where he received the degree in the 10th class, on 14th/Nov/1884.

profession/activities: He worked as a typographer (±1883-1884) when he was still a student. He was a Lawyer (1885), at Serro, MG, Brazil; he was an Attorney, at Serro, MG, Brazil (1885), nominated, by the District Judge of the County of Serro Frio [Juiz de Direito da Comarca do Serro Frio], MG, Brazil, on 10th/Sep/1885, entitled on 11th/Sep/1885, and exercising on 21st/Set/1885; Municipal and Orphans Judge of Serro [Juiz Municipal e de Órfãos do Serro], MG, Brazil (1885-1890), nominated by decree of 7th/Nov/1885, exercising on 20th/Nov/1885, with reconduction by decree of 21st/Nov/1889; he received the Diploma of habilitation to exercise the office of District Judge [Juiz de Direito], on 21st/Nov/1889; District Judge of Guanhães, MG, Brazil (1890-1892), nominated, by decree of the Ministry of Justice, on 12/abr/1890, exercising on 20/mai/1890, although the term for entering in the office had been deferred by three months, by decree os the same date; of Peçanha, MG, Brazil (1892-1897), nominated on 22nd/Feb/1892, and exercising on 14th/Jun/1892; of Sea of Spain [Mar de Espanha], MG, Brazil (1897), nominated, by decree of the President of the State of Minas Gerais [Presidente do Estado de Minas Gerais], Brazil , on 13th/Feb/1897, one ignoring the date of entrance in the office; of Saint Paul of Muriaé [São Paulo de Muriaé], MG, Brazil (1897-1899), nominated, by decree of the President of the State of Minas Gerais [Presidente do Estado de Minas Gerais], Brazil, of the 6th/Sep/1897, one ignoring the date of entrance in the office, becoming a Single District Judge [Juiz de Direito Avulso] when he was nominated as Chief of Police of the State of Minas Gerais [Chefe de Polícia do Estado de Minas Gerais]; and District Judge of Diamantina [Juiz de Direito de Diamantina], MG, Brazil (1902-1908), nominated, by decree of the President of the State of Minas Gerais [Presidente do Estado de Minas Gerais], Brazil, of 30th/Apr/1902, entered in the office on 7th/May/1902, and entered in exercise on 2nd/Sep/1902.

politics/public offices: He has been the Chief of Police of the State of Minas Gerais [Chefe de Polícia do Estado de Minas Gerais], at Minas City [Cidade de Minas (nowadays, Belo Horizonte)], MG, Brazil (1899-1902), nominated, by decree of the President of the State of Minas Gerais [Presidente do Estado de Minas Gerais], Brazil, on 29/mai/1899, travelling on 30th/May/1899, and entrance in the office on 31st/May/1899, exonerated herself on 30th/May/1902.

religion/brotherhoods: He was a roman apostolic catholic. In the year of 1889, one find him exercising the office of Purveyor Judge of the Mother Church of Serro [Juiz da Provedoria da Igreja Matriz do Serro], MG, Brazil. He would had been a "compromised brother" ["irmão de compromisso"] of the Third Order of Our Lady of the Mount Carmel [Ordem Terceira de N. Sra. do Monte do Carmo], of Diamantina, MG, Brazil, where one supposes that he had entered about the year of 1902, because he was buried in one of the charnel-houses of its cemetery.

diverse: He deserved from his grandson Jorge da Cunha Pereira Filho, a biographical study, entitled Edgardo Carlos da Cunha Pereira & Família, published by the author, in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, in 1989, with 234 pages. [Look, in the main page of this site, for FREE COPY].

residence: He resided in Serro, MG (1860-1875), Santa Bárbara, MG (Caraça School [Colégio do Caraça], 1875-1877), Ouro Preto, MG (1877-1879), Saint Paul [São Paulo], SP (1880-1884), Serro, MG (1885-1890), Guanhães, MG (1890-1892), Peçanha, MG (1892-1897), Sea of Spain [Mar de Espanha], MG (1897), Saint Paul of Muriaé [São Paulo de Muriaé], MG (1897-1899), Minas City [Cidade de Minas (later, Belo Horizonte)], MG (1899-1902), and Diamantina, MG (1902-1908), all located in Brazil.

children: From the 1st marriage, with Maria Luiza Ferreira Rabello (2): Sadi da Cunha Pereira, and Raul Carneiro Rabello da Cunha. From the 2nd marriage, with Leopoldina Electo de Souza (6): Maria das Mercês da Cunha Pereira (Mercês), Edgardo da Cunha Pereira (son, the "Carezito"), Jorge da Cunha Pereira (senior), Vera da Cunha Pereira, Paulo da Cunha Pereira, and Mário da Cunha Pereira.